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Utilitarianism and Empire (Paperback, New)
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The classical utilitarian legacy of Jeremy Bentham, J. S. Mill,
James Mill, and Henry Sidgwick has often been charged with both
theoretical and practical complicity in the growth of British
imperialism and the emerging racialist discourse of the nineteenth
century. But there has been little scholarly work devoted to
bringing together the conflicting interpretive perspectives on this
legacy and its complex evolution with respect to orientalism and
imperialism. This volume, with contributions by leading scholars in
the field, represents the first attempt to survey the full range of
current scholarly controversy on how the classical utilitarians
conceived of 'race' and the part it played in their ethical and
political programs, particularly with respect to such issues as
slavery and the governance of India. The book both advances our
understanding of the history of utilitarianism and imperialism and
promotes the scholarly debate, clarifying the major points at issue
between those sympathetic to the utilitarian legacy and those
critical of it.
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